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It’s All Fine…Until It’s Not

September 4, 2014
by birch & raven
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Family Ties / In Transition / Parenting Skills and Spills / Wrestling with Angels

We had some undesirable behavior today. Somewhat surprisingly, E was not the offender; C was. This is becoming a pattern with him, and his mom and Dude are a little worried. Me, not so much. Here’s the thing: we have all gone through a LOT of changes in the 9 months (to the day!) since I met The Dude. We all handle it differently. Honestly, I think we’ve been skating along on borrowed honeymoon time, […]

Good Adoption News!

June 5, 2014
by birch & raven
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Adoption / Family Ties / Foster Care / In Transition

This past weekend, I received word from E’s appeals attorney that her job was finished: bio dad’s appeal had been dismissed, which means E is now legally free for adoption! Words cannot express how excited we are. Of course, there is now tons of paperwork to go through, and a new homestudy to be done, but we are so close! E finishes eighth grade in a couple of weeks, and B-mom and (I think) B-sis […]